Arms and Armour

Castellum

A castellum in Latin is usually: a small Roman fortlet or tower, a diminutive of castrum ('military camp'), often used as a watchtower or signal station like on Hadrian's Wall. It is distinct from a burgus, which is a later Latin term that was used particularly in the Germanic provinces. a distribution, header, and settling tank for municipal water in a Roman aqueduct (known as a castellum aquae/castellum divisorium). It is the source of the English word "castle".

Also on this shelf

See also

• ▸Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
• ▸Casa de les Punxes
• ▸Battle of Brześć Litewski

Uncatalogued shelf

Text from Wikipedia; plate via Wikimedia Commons. Text CC BY-SA 4.0; plate freely licensed (see Commons). Source record. Images and catalogue data are reproduced from open-access collections.